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1. Add Or 99

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Add Or 99
Title:
Women fish-seller cutting up fish
Scope & Content:
Woman fish-seller cutting up fish. Inscribed: ‘79. Mutchwin. Selling Fish.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 1874

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Add Or 1874
Title:
Freshwater prawn and fish
Scope & Content:
Freshwater prawn and fish. 430 by 280 mm. Note: For illustrations of proverbs by Kalighat painters, see W.G. Archer (1971), 46.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3352

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3352
Title:
Hand with a bunch of fresh-water prawns.
Scope & Content:
Hand with a bunch of fresh-water prawns.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4168

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4168
Title:
Fish avatar of Vishnu, in water. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
Scope & Content:
Fish avatar of Vishnu, in water. Inscribed: ‘Macha avataran (Vishnu)’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4985

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4985
Title:
A sea horse
Scope & Content:
A sea horse. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in ink : ‘Fig. 3d. Syngnathus Hippocampus.’ Water-colour; 275 by 216 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4990

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4990
Title:
A very ugly fish, sketched from above, and fully painted in side view.
Scope & Content:
A very ugly fish, sketched from above, and fully painted in side view. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in ink: ‘Fig. 1st. Laphinus spinosus.’ Pen and ink and wash, and water-colour; 279 by 218 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4991

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4991
Title:
A horned fish
Scope & Content:
A horned fish. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in ink: ‘Fig. 2. Ostracion Cornutus. From a Specimen in possession of Lady Hastings. View beneath. View above. Profile.’ Pen and ink and wash, and water-colour; 275 by 218 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 54,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,9
Title:
The crab and the heron, from the 'Iyar-i Danish. Artist(s): Gobind Singh (fl.1775-1782)
Scope & Content:
The crab and the heron. By Gobind Singh. Inscribed on mount in Persian: ‘‘amal-i gobind singh musavvir’ (the work of the painter Gobind Singh). 169 by 103 mm; page 294 by 176 mm. A crab is on the neck of a fisherman and fish bones are on the ground beside him. From the story of the old hero...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 54,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,10
Title:
The fisherman and the fish, from the 'Iyar-i Danish. Artist(s): Ram Sahai (fl. 1760-1782)
Scope & Content:
The fishermen and the fish. By Ram Sahai. Inscribed on mount in Persian in a smaller and different hand from the preceding pictures: ‘‘amal-i ram saha‘i’ (the work of Ram Sahai); numbered 12 in Persian. 165 by 104 mm; page 332 by 209 mm. Three fishermen are about to catch a fish, while anoth...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 54,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,15
Title:
The crab, the frog and the mongoose, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crab, the frog and the mongoose. Numbered 18 in Persian. 168 by 106 mm; page 321 by 193 mm. A mongoose devours a frog and beside lie dead fish and a dead snake. From the story of the frog who asked a crab for help in killing the snake that ate the baby frogs. The crab advises that a dea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

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